The Netherlands Antilles was represented at the OTI Festival 1982 with the song "", written by Roberto Montiel, and performed by Sharon Rose. The Netherlands Antillean participating broadcaster, (ATM), selected its entry through a televised national final. The song, that was performed in position 11, placed sixteenth out of 21 competing entries with 7 points.
(ATM), held a national final to select its entry for the 11th edition of the OTI Festival. Eighteen songs were selected for the televised final, seven each from Aruba and Curaçao, and two each from Bonaire and the Dutch Windward Islands.
The Aruban pre-selection was held on Saturday 2 October 1982 at the Aruba Palmbeach Hotel in Palm Beach, to select seven songs for the national final from among fifteen candidates. It was presented by Gerda Salas and . The show was opened with Efrem Benita, who had won the national final the previous year, guest performing the national anthem, and Jeanice Tromp the festival theme song "". After all the competing entries were performed, a tribute was paid to the choir Vivons en Chantant, which celebrated its silver jubilee.
The jury consisted of Magda Laclé-Figaroa, Lila Kock-Richardson, Hilda Wijnaar, Boei Heronimo, Rubén Geerman, Ricardo del Carmen González, and Gemma Orman, who was assistant to jury chairman Rufo Odor.
Faritah Luidens won the Voz di oro female award with "" and Walter de Cuba won the Voz di oro male award with "". Sharon Rose won the Voz supreme female award with "" and Juancho Ignacio won the Voz supreme male award with "". Daphney Martijn won the award for most popular singer with "", Franklin Granadillo for best arranger, and Roberto Montiel for best conductor. In addition to "" by Sharon Rose, "" by Faritah Luidens, "" by Walter de Cuba, and "" by Juancho Ignacio; "" by Francis Jacobs, "" by Olivia Murray, and "" by Eddy Kroon, also qualified for the national final.
ATM held the national final on Saturday 16 October 1982, beginning at 18:00 AST (22:00 UTC), at its studios in Oranjestad. It was broadcast live on TeleAruba. Efrem Benita guest performed the winning songs of the previous four Antillean national finals.
The winner was "", written by Roberto Montiel, and performed by Sharon Rose. Trophies were presented by minister of culture Leslie Navarro, provincial executive Nelson Oduber, and TeleAruba director Mayra Maduro-Arends.
On 27 November 1982, the OTI Festival was held at the Coliseo Amauta in Lima, Peru, hosted by Panamericana Televisión, and broadcast live throughout Ibero-America. Sharon Rose performed "" in position 11, with Roberto Montiel conducting the event's orchestra, placing sixteenth out of 21 competing entries with 7 points.
The festival was broadcast live on TeleAruba,, and on delay at 19:30 AST (23:30 UTC) on TeleCuraçao.
Each participating broadcaster, or group of broadcasters that jointly participated representing a country, appointed a juror who awarded 5âÂÂ1 points to their five favourite songs in order of preference.